Monthly report

Attorney discipline, June 2016

22 New York attorney discipline decisions in June 2016: 13 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 1 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (13)

• Jeffrey Stark — Matter of Stark, 2016 NY Slip Op 05248 · First Department · Disbarred
• Paul George Vesnaver — Matter of Vesnaver, 2016 NY Slip Op 05160 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Felix Nihamin — Matter of Nihamin, 2016 NY Slip Op 04892 · First Department · Disbarred
• Gustavo Luis Vila — Matter of Vila, 2016 NY Slip Op 04725 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Lawrence Ross Goldfarb — Matter of Goldfarb, 2016 NY Slip Op 04681 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Latona — Matter of Latona, 2016 NY Slip Op 04634 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Terranova — Matter of Terranova, 2016 NY Slip Op 04633 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Bradstreet — Matter of Bradstreet, 2016 NY Slip Op 04632 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Urban — Matter of Urban, 2016 NY Slip Op 04631 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Buerman — Matter of Buerman, 2016 NY Slip Op 04630 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Helfstein — Matter of Helfstein, 2016 NY Slip Op 04628 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Sullivan — Matter of Sullivan, 2016 NY Slip Op 04500 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Charles A. Bennett — Matter of Bennett, 2016 NY Slip Op 04319 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Brian William Raum — Matter of Raum, 2016 NY Slip Op 05059 · First Department · Suspended
• Marjorie Modestil — Matter of Modestil, 2016 NY Slip Op 05058 · First Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Parrinello — Matter of Parrinello, 2016 NY Slip Op 04867 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Ebrahimzadeh — Matter of Ebrahimzadeh, 2016 NY Slip Op 04782 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Bissell — Matter of Bissell, 2016 NY Slip Op 04624 · Fourth Department · Suspended for two years
• Edwin Peralta-Millan — Matter of Peralta-Millan, 2016 NY Slip Op 04464 · First Department · Suspended for three months

Interim suspension (1)

• Matter of Castillo — Matter of Castillo, 2016 NY Slip Op 04501 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Matter of Bratton — Matter of Bratton, 2016 NY Slip Op 04935 · Second Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Lawrence Daniel Moringiello — Matter of Moringiello, 2016 NY Slip Op 04944 · Second Department · Reinstated

All months

Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.